[G4] Re: Help, I think my sawtooth died!

[Richard Klein]

You can test the battery with a voltmeter.  It should be 3.6 volts, 
although they seem to work fine if they're a little bit lower.  If it's 
under 3.2 volts I'd replace it.  Also, if the reading seems okay at 
first, but then the volts start going down, I'd replace it.

I check the voltage with the battery installed in the motherboard, and 
the computer unplugged, but if you remove the battery to test it, that 
should be fine, too.

-- 
Rich

Richard M. Kriss wrote:
> Your battery is probably dead and before investing in a new battery I
> suggest opening the unit pushing the RESET button (one time only) then
> restart with the mouse down.  It should open the CD tray.  Put in you OSX
> startup disc and hold down the C key.  You may have to use the restart
> button  but keep holding the c key down to force it to boot from the CD.
> Once you get it doing something then install and new battery and do the same
> thing.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> 
> On 10/14/06 9:49 PM, "g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com"
> <g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> wrote:
> 
>> It is not worth fixing, if it is not something simple.  I have not added
>> or removed anything from it.  Would a bad battery do this?  It is the
>> original battery, so it is 6 years old.
>>
>> Carol